I think we all know the fact that boot-harddrives can be encrypted.
Windows usually uses Bitlocker (relying on AES-CBC) and Linux / Unix usually uses dm-crypt (relying on AES-CBC) and the rest of the ...

Assuming a BIOS that supports SED (Self Encrypting Drive) hard drives, and given that Windows 8 will use hardware encryption like SED if the disk has it, does BitLocker still require a TPM to avoid ...

I have a big problem. I inadvertently deleted a partition, which I had installed win7 BitLocker Crypt, so the entire partition was encrypted. I found a recovery tool which is called "DiskInternals EFS ...

My SSD is currently encrypted by bitlocker right now. So let say if I leave my laptop on locked state (Win+L). Is it possible for someone to get access to my data?
Few thing I noted are:
If someone ...

I am the system administrator of my local computer (Windows 7) and I am unable to write to an external hard drive if it is not encrypted using Bitlocker to go. The local computer is not encrypted and ...

So I don't really understand what it means when you 'encrypt' your hard drive with bitlocker. I mean, all you need is the password to unlock the hard drive. Couldn't this just be bruteforced?
Sorry ...

The data on my hard disk was deleted from an encrypted bitlocker hard disk. After deleting the data, a new partition including a new installation of windows was created on the same hard disk. The key ...

I recently installed Bitlocker on my Windows 8.1 machine, using only a password. I was thinking of getting something other than just a password for my storage drive, something physical, like a USB, SD ...

Bitlocker doesn't support USB key + PIN (password). The reasoning was "the password is too weak to provide additional security". Isn't that flawed? With a USB key and password, I've got some level of ...

I don't trust BitLocker. Probably backdoored and relies on TPM which can be hacked according to DEFON. It also does not allow for hidden partitions or other advantages like TrueCrypt.
With TrueCrypt ...

Consider the case where a computer has 2 drives: one for a Windows OS and one for a Linux OS. The user then uses full drive encryption, BitLocker, on the Windows drive.
It can be assumed that Linux ...

I've been looking around for an answer to this for some time now and I felt that this place would be a good venue to ask this.
How can one improve the security in a MySQL database?
The database that ...

The TPM specification mentions that some keys are migratable, i.e. transferable to another TPM. Does this mean that it would be possible to share (transfer) a BitLocker decryption key between several ...